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THE SKJUT-KO. 



at any one shot was fifty-seven, consisting cliiefij'^ of Teal 

 and the like." 



THE SKJIT-KO. 



Late in the antumn, when ducks, for the most part, are 

 exceedingly wild and unapproachahle in the usual AA'ay, 

 the fowler resorts to various expedients to circumvent 

 them. Sometimes he shelters himself behind a horse 

 trained for tlie purpose, but at others ensconces himself 

 in a so-called Skjut-Ko, or artificial cow, and in this 

 disguise, as shown in the above sketch by Colonel 

 Fritz von Dardel, he steals upon the birds. 



"The 'Skjut-Ko' I myself made use of, and which 

 answered admirably," says M. von Greiff', " consisted of 

 hoops and splints covered with canvas, and afterwards 

 painted brown, so as to resemble a cow. Being hollow, 

 the sportsman crept into it, the gun forming one of the 

 horns, and his feet the hind-legs of the animal. But as 

 one must constantly go in a bent position, the fatigue is 



